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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for न

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नnaa.Thin, spare.
    1. Thin, spare.
    2. Vacant, empty.
    3. Same, identical.
    4. Unwearied.
    5. Praised.
    6. Undivided.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नः

      1. A pearl.
      2. Name of Gaṇeśa.
      3. Wealth, prosperity.
      4. A band, tie.
      5. War.
      6. Name of Buddha.
      7. A gift. -Indeclinable (a) A particle of negation equivalent to 'not', 'no', 'nor', 'neither', and used in wishing, पटुपटहध्वनिभिर्विनीतनिद्रः R.9.71.
      8. The roar or thunder of a cloud.
      9. A mere empty sound.
      10. A word.
      11. Hint, implied meaning.
      12. (In Rhet.) The first and best of the three main divisions of काव्य or poetry, in which the implied or suggested sense of a passage is more striking than the expressed sense; or where theexpressed sense is made subordinate to the suggested sense; इदमुत्तममतिशयिनि व्यङ्ग्ये वाच्याद् ध्वनिर्बुधैः कथितः K. Parasmaipada1. (R. G. gives 5 kinds of ध्वनि; see under ध्वनि).
      13. Compound ग्रहः the ear.
      14. hearing.
      15. a fife, pipe.

    • -नाला

      1. A lute.
      2. a flute.
      3. a kind of drum; Latin D. B.

    • -विकारः a change of voice caused by fear, grief etc.; see काकु.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नnathe dental nasal (found at the beginning of words and before or after dental consonants as well as between…
    1. the dental nasal (found at the beginning of words and before or after dental consonants as well as between vowels; subject to conversion into ण Pa1n2. 8-4, 1-39).
    2. indeclinable not, no, nor, neither fg-veda (ना, x, 34, 8) etc. etc. (as well in simple negation as in wishing, requesting and commanding, except in prohibition before an imperative or an augmentless Aorist [confer, compare a. मा]; in successive sentences or clauses either simply repeated exempli gratia, 'for example' Mn. iv, 34; or strengthened by another particle, especially at the second place or further on in the sentence exempli gratia, 'for example' by उ [confer, compare नो*], उत्/अ, अपि, चा*पि, वा, वा*पि or अथ वा fg-veda i, 170, 1; 151, 9 Nal. iii, 24, etc.; it may even be replaced by च, वा, अपि च, अपि वा, etc. alone, as Mn. ii, 98 Nal. i, 14, etc.; often joined with other particles, beside those mentioned a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) especially with a following तु, त्व् एव, त्व् एव तु, चे*द् quod vide, खलु quod vide, ह [confer, compare gaRa चा*दि and Pa1n2. 8-1, 31] etc.; before round or collective numbers and after any numeral in the instrumental case or ablative it expresses deficiency exempli gratia, 'for example' एकया न विंशति, not 20 by 1 id est 19 S3Br.; पञ्चभिर् न चत्वारि शतानि, 395 ibidem; with another न or an अ privative it generally forms a strong affirmation [confer, compare Va1m. v, 1, 9] exempli gratia, 'for example' ने*यं न वक्ष्यति, she will most certainly declare S3ak. iii, 9; ना*दण्ड्यो स्ति, he must certainly be punished Mn. viii, 335; it may also, like अ, form compounds Va1m. v, 2, 13 [confer, compare below])
    3. indeclinable that not, lest, for fear lest (with Potential) MBh. R. Das3. etc.
    4. indeclinable like, as, as it were (only in Veda वेद and later artificial language, exempli gratia, 'for example' गौरो न तृषितः पिब, drink like [literally "not" id est "although not being"] a thirsty deer; in this sense it does not coalesce metrically with a following vowel). [confer, compare Greek νη-; Latin ne8-; Anglo-Saxon ne, "not"; English no, etc.] -2.
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Lexicographers) thin, spare
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective vacant, empty
    7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective identical
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unvexed, unbroken
    9. masculine gender band, fetter
    10. masculine gender jewel, pearl
    11. masculine gender war
    12. masculine gender gift
    13. masculine gender welfare
    14. masculine gender Name of Buddha बुद्ध
    15. masculine gender Name of Gan2e7s3a गणे*श
    16. masculine gender Equivalent to प्रस्तुत
    17. masculine gender Equivalent to द्विरण्ड (?)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नna[na] prn. stem in nau, nas.
    1. [na] pronoun stem in nau, nas.
    2. [ná (often ˚--Equivalent to2. a-)] pcl. not; less (with numerals=not quite by, instrumental or ablative: ékayâ na vimsati, 19; ekân na trimsat, 29); lest (with potential); Veda, Vedic: as, like (not exactly, almost; or as it does not coalesce metrically, it may have been an affirmative particle originally= Greek nai/). When repeated it implies a very strong affirmation (exceptionally a strengthened negation). In a second or later clause it is sometimes replaced by ka, vâ, api vâ, or even dropped. It is often strengthened by api, api ka, u, utá, eva, khalu, ka, ka ͜ api, ka ͜ eva, ked, tu, tu ͜ eva, vâ, atha vâ, ha.
    Source: Macdonell

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